Verbal Analogy Exercise 1

For each item write the word that completes the analogy (that has the same relationship as the pair on the left).

1		arrival : departure : : ________ : death
			A)	life
			B)	person
			C)	birth
			D)	train
2		elbow : arm : : knee : _________
			A)	walking
			B)	finger
			C)	leg
			D)	nose
3		car : road : : train : ________
			A)	track
			B)	vehicle
			C)	fast
			D)	wheel
4		baiting hook : fishing : : _______ : hunting
			A)	loading gun
			B)	firing gun
			C)	stalking game
			D)	aiming gun
5		violence : activity : : melancholy : ________
			A)	evening
			B)	cruelty
			C)	mood
			D)	silence
6		man : trousers : : woman : ____________
			A)	clothing
			B)	skirt
			C)	hat
			D)	blanket
7		university : institution : : mayor : _______
			A)	official
			B)	town
			C)	law
			D)	councilman
8		grass : soil : : seaweed : ___________
			A)	water
			B)	salty
			C)	river
			D)	fish
9		truthfulness : court : : cleanliness : _________
			A)	virtue
			B)	restaurant
			C)	bath
			D)	pig
10		egg : fish : : ________ : plant
			A)	leaf
			B)	root
			C)	seed
			D)	stem
11		lion : animal : : flower : ___________
			A)	plant
			B)	grass
			C)	roots
			D)	rose
12		wave : crest : : _________ : peak
			A)	water
			B)	top
			C)	moving
			D)	mountain
13		falling : gravitation : : collapse : __________
			A)	balloon
			B)	electricity
			C)	pressure
			D)	destruction
14		professor : ___________ : : musician : entertainment
			A)	pupils
			B)	school
			C)	homework
			D)	instruction
15		grains : sand : : drops : __________
			A)	rain
			B)	snow
			C)	surf
			D)	flood
16		wave : tide : : moment : ________
			A)	time
			B)	ocean
			C)	tardiness
			D)	clock
17		wife : woman : : _______ : man
			A)	father
			B)	groom
			C)	boy
			D)	husband
18		book : _______ : : comb : tooth
			A)	title
			B)	library
			C)	page
			D)	knowledge
19		boy : child : : man : ________
			A)	father
			B)	uncle
			C)	adult
			D)	person
20		flower : weed : : _______ : buzzard
			A)	plant
			B)	swan
			C)	bird
			D)	vulture